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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V: Bloody News, From Page 199 Through Page 269.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what town was Balakian taking his girlfriend when he refused to return home for his grandmother's memorial service?
(a) Cambridge.
(b) Amherst.
(c) Boston.
(d) Princeton.

2. In what year was the Armenian empire at its height?
(a) 50 BCE.
(b) 25 BCE.
(c) 50 CE.
(d) 100 BCE.

3. In what New Jersey town did Bedros Aroosian work in the silk mills?
(a) Newark.
(b) Teaneck.
(c) Tenafly.
(d) Paterson.

4. How many miles away was Tenafly from Teaneck?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Five.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Ten.

5. What junk food did Balakian reminisce about eating at the Dillstein's house?
(a) Devil Dogs.
(b) Mallomars.
(c) Ding-Dongs.
(d) Hostess Cupcakes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Balakian and his father meet the Indian dressed as a chief during their cross-country tour?

2. What kind of food did Balakian's mother claim was not fresh at the French restaurant?

3. What meat did the Balakian family frequently eat for dinner?

4. Where did Nafina and Dovey bump into each other in New York, several years after the genocide?

5. In what month and year did Balakian's grandmother initiate formal compensation claims against the Turkish government?

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